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Charlie Covington Baxley was born July 17, 1895, to Etta (d. 1931) and John (d. 1906) Baxley. In 1910 he was living with his widowed mother along with brothers and sisters Minnie, 14; Henry, 19; Maud and Daisy, 11; Hallie, 8; and Katie, 3. They all worked at the cotton mill except the two youngest.

In 1930 Charlie, still working at the mill, was living with his wife, Mamie Lee Thompson (1896-1972), along with their five children: Ester, 15; Harry, 12; Virginia, 8; Ethel, 5; and Mary, 2 (who died last year).

Charlie died July 11, 1961, in Laurinburg at Scotland Memorial Hospital of a coronary occlusion at age 68.

My Dad was born in 1900, grew up with a shot gun in his hand and passed that along to all his sons. This you man here was first in a generation of rabbit hunters. What fun it would be to go back and do it again myself.

That picture could have been me about 1950. My step grandpa bought my dad the used single shot JC Higgins shotgun in the 30's for a dollar and in the course of time, it was passed on to me. It's still in my closet and it still works.

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